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How important are Facbook & Twitter to you?

by I Love Code
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There is no doubt that Facebook & Twitter are a great asset to traffic & Exposure but how do you go about them and how much importance do you give them to promote your site(s) ??

Do you have a strict action plan to get followers, interact etc.

Any strategies or throught someone wants to share on this?

I just would lvoe to know how important facebook and twitter are for you guys in regard to promoting your site(s)

Ben
#facbook #important #twitter
  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Not important at all. An all of my promotions... I would rather send my prospects directly to my sales letter or squeeze page before i send them to Facebook or Twitter.
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  • Profile picture of the author rob9482
    I find Facebook and twitter very important to my business the fact that you can use these to build relationships with your customers is quite frankly incredible you can have a interaction with them daily and it doesn't always have to be about business.

    Let's face it the search engines are moving more and more towards social media and we all know the effect that re-tweets can have on your ranking this just goes to show how important social media should be to any business online.

    I feel that eventually Google will try to move away from backlinks to measure a sites popularity and use social media instead so it's better to have an active social media account in your niche so that you are ready for this slow revolution in Google's algorithm

    I tried to add followers to my twitter account every day and remove people that are not following back roughly every 2 to 3 days.

    Regarding Facebook I tried to add fresh content that people will enjoy and find useful in all my niches roughly 3 times a day as this keeps me active in their newsfeed.
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  • Profile picture of the author esk
    For me they aren't important at all. I rather have email subscribers
    than Facebook fans and Twitter followers.

    I think of them only as a bonus if I run out of opportunities for getting customers.
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    • Profile picture of the author ChristopherGabriel
      Facebook is an excellent tool for offline businesses, especially in a narrowly defined market. In the IM world though, I haven't had as much success.

      I have never used Twitter once, I know it works, just never needed it, had enough good stuff going on.

      As far as the communication process goes, social media is the best way to involve yourself with your customers/clients/fans and everything in-between.

      Cheers,
      Chris
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    I haven't really done anything with either as far as business goes. To me they are really only useful for their original intended purpose: social interaction with friends and like minded people.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheArticlePros
    I've attempted to use them both several times, but I've never actually made a single penny off of them. I don't even find them useful for social interaction anymore.

    I do, however, find them useful when I'm looking for pix of LOLCatz.

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  • Profile picture of the author banx63
    I do not use Facebook for my blog, but I do use twitter. I plan too set up a Facebook page for it one day but am in no rush......


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  • Profile picture of the author MariamN
    Promoting your site throgh Facebookis very good, Facebook has many people who can visit your site, its the biggest social network. I am not familiar with Twitter, is not easy to descripe what I ampromoting with only a few characters.
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  • Profile picture of the author Romeo90
    I am still to see any valuable impact of either of these platforms on my business.

    Problem is, Twitter is now just a mass of advertising messages, and I really do hate the UI it imposes. I was recently asked to be a panelist on a Q&A session on there, but the pace of it was so fast, it was of no use.

    As for Facebook, I am a fan of a few groups, but do I ever look at these pages? No, there are better places where I can go.

    I only have a presence on there for the reasons Rob stated above.

    And what Joe states is perfectly true - these platforms were never intended for marketing and selling - I know myself, when I go on it is for social interaction (and that is rarely) or to organise a get together of friends - the last thing on my mind is to sign up anywhere, or purchase something someone is peddling.
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  • Profile picture of the author yudwill
    Originally Posted by I Love Code View Post

    There is no doubt that Facebook & Twitter are a great asset to traffic & Exposure but how do you go about them and how much importance do you give them to promote your site(s) ??

    Do you have a strict action plan to get followers, interact etc.

    Any strategies or throught someone wants to share on this?

    I just would lvoe to know how important facebook and twitter are for you guys in regard to promoting your site(s)

    Ben
    depending on the person
    some one get many $$$$ from facebook and twitter
    but
    some one just using facebook and twitter for spend the time
    :p
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  • Profile picture of the author FrankMiller
    I think they're both overrated. There's so much noise there it's hard to get your message across.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lakshmi SEO
    Sharing your blogs or posts link to reach your group of friends and contacts may help. Content you sharing should be attractive and interesting to engage the readers to whom your sharing.
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    • Profile picture of the author giuseph90
      Social Networking sites become very important only if they're the only source of traffic for your site. But they're actually just like a bonus to the variety of other stuffs that you can use to drive traffic to your website. Like simple back linking or forum posting.
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  • Profile picture of the author denysapu
    Originally Posted by I Love Code View Post

    There is no doubt that Facebook & Twitter are a great asset to traffic & Exposure but how do you go about them and how much importance do you give them to promote your site(s) ??

    Do you have a strict action plan to get followers, interact etc.

    Any strategies or throught someone wants to share on this?

    I just would lvoe to know how important facebook and twitter are for you guys in regard to promoting your site(s)

    Ben
    Yes, it's important for me to develop some of the sites I work on. But not at all for certain types (which do not give priority to social media)
    I have several social media accounts, and continued to be active in order to get people noticed about site(s) currently I work on. Just like interacting with others as general, share a links or some promotional in certain occasions.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kralj187
    Even though some people seem to differ my opinion is that Social Networks are important in promoting your sites, especially those new ones. I don't think you can keep having good result without them.
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  • Profile picture of the author davegarcia939
    Facebook and Twitter can play a role to get targeted visitor but I don't think, social networking site will help you to make much money.

    Both of this may be use to build a community related to your business.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    I use Facebook to communicate with family and friends only and I read some interesting people on Twitter in the evenings for entertainment value only.
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